Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Strike is based on the true story of a remarkable and little known figure who was integral in beginning the Solidarity movement and setting Poland on the course to democracy. It is a touching tribute to a true overlooked hero, a woman who undergoes an important awakening -- the realization of an ordinary person who simply looks around her and distinguishes right from wrong. (Laemmle/Zeller Films)

Set in Lodz in 1930's. After six years in jail, framed for bankrobbery by an accomplice, the legendary Kwinto has only revenge on his mind. He is a safecracker in the old style, a thief with a sebse of pride and loyalty. Upon leaving the jail he learns that his friend with whom he played in the jazz band has been murdered by the same guy - now a bank president - who sent him to prison. Kramer hopes to keep Kwinto's mouth shut by paying him off, but at the same time he hires a paid gun to kill him... (imdb)

Tereska (Aleksandra Gietner), a shy 15-year-old dreams of escaping her existence in a grim Warsaw tenement block with her factory-worker mother and alcoholic father by becoming a fashion designer. Altough talented, when she enters a tailor's training program her life starts to spiral downwards. Under the influence of the rebellious Renata (Karolina Sobczak), Tereska starts to stay out late drinking, eating frozen pizza, smoking and teasing a group of horny adolescent boys off the estate. (imdb)

About a football team composed entirely of homeless people.

Chinese filmmakers decide to shoot a movie in Poland because they perceive the Poles to be a melancholy nation. Naturally they want to hire locals with gloomy faces as 'extras' and this wry film examines the nature of stereotypes and how two different cultures are drawn closer together in spite of their differences.

A quiet man gets his last task while factory in which he has worked is being closed. The task is to dismantle old telephone booths.

After a wave of evictions sweeps the city of Warsaw, University student Marek and his mother suddenly become homeless. Shelters are full or closing and the government is unconcerned. Struggling to maintain his class schedule, Marek also struggles to somehow protect his mother. It is a daily effort to find safe refuge for the night. This is complicated by Koles, a stray dog his mother adopted and refuses to relinquish, even when it denies them shelter. (Cleveland Int. Film Fest.)